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Dr. Abdul Zahir (1910 - 1983) was an Afghan Prime Minister during the reign of King Zahir Shah. 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A prime minister is the very most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... // The Shah was born into the Persian speaking Pashtun Barakzai dynasty of Afghanistan. ...

Zahir was born in the city of Laghman in Nangarhar province. He attended secondary school in Kabul and university in the United States of America earning an MD from Columbia University and Master's degree in Public health from Johns Hopkins University. He became a medical doctor and returned to Afghanistan to practice medicine, but eventually entered politics. His political positions included terms as Minister of Health, President of the Parliament and Ambassador to Italy and Pakistan. Most prominently, he served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from June 1971 to December 1972. A few months after he resigned from that post, Zahir Shah was overthrown and Abdul Zahir had to retire from politics. Laghman province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... Nangarhar province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or MD, from the Latin Medicinae Doctor meaning teacher of medicine,) is an academic degree for medical doctors. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Zahir was married to Quraisha and had four children. His son Ahmad Zahir was a popular musician. His eldest son, Asif Zahir (1932-2000) was also politically active during his lifetime as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in 1980s and he remained ambassador in Kuwait (1989-1992)and Italy (1992-1993). He resigned from his post and lived in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he started a campaign for peace in Afghanistan by setting up a political group called the Afghan National Movement (ANM). Ahmad Zahir (Persian: â€Ž ) (June 14, 1946 - June 14, 1979), was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... PeshÄwar (Pashto: Ù¾ÚšÙˆØ±; Urdu:Ù¾Ø´Ø§ÙˆØ±) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pakhawar in Pashto. ...

Preceded by Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi	Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1971 – 1972	Succeeded by Mohammad Musa Shafiq

Prime Ministers of Afghanistan

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Kingdom of Afghanistan, Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan • Mohammed Daoud Khan • Mohammad Yusuf • Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal • Abdullah Yaqta* • Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi • Sharifi Abdul Zahir • Mohammad Musa Shafiq

Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan, office vacant Mohammad Nur Ahmed Etemadi (February 22, 1921 - August 1979) was an Afghan diplomat and politician. ... The Prime Minister of Afghanistan is a currently a defunct post in the Afghan Government. ... Mohammad Musa Shafiq (1932 1979) was an Afghan politician. ... The Prime Minister of Afghanistan is a currently a defunct post in the Afghan Government. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1615x1062, 108 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Iran national football team Flag of Afghanistan Luxembourg national football team Afghanistan national football team Afghanistan... Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (1885?-1953) was a political figure in Afghanistan. ... Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan[1] (July 18, 1909 â€“ April 28, 1978), son of Sardar Mohammed Aziz Khan and grandson of Sardar Mohammed Yusuf Khan was an Afghan statesman and President of the Republic of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978 as a result of a revolution led by... Dr. Mohammad Yusuf Khan (1917 January 23, 1998) was the prime minister and foreign minister of Afghanistan from March 10, 1963 to November 2, 1965. ... Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal (1919 1973) was an Afghan political figure during the reign of Zahir Shah. ... Abdullah Yaqta was an interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 11 October to 1 November 1967. ... Mohammad Nur Ahmed Etemadi (February 22, 1921 - August 1979) was an Afghan diplomat and politician. ... Dr. Abdul Zahir (1910 - 1983) was an Afghan Prime Minister during the reign of King Zahir Shah. ... Mohammad Musa Shafiq (1932 1979) was an Afghan politician. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1554x1044, 97 KB) This image (or all images in this article or category) was uploaded in the JPEG format. ... Daouds Republic (July 17, 1973 - April 28, 1978) welcome Mohammed Daoud Khan received on returning to power on July 17, 1973 reflected the citizenrys disappointment with the lackluster politics of the preceding decade. ...

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Nur Mohammad Taraki • Hafizullah Amin • Babrak Karmal • Sultan Ali Keshtmand • Mohammad Hasan Sharq • Sultan Ali Keshtmand • Fazal Haq Khaliqyar Image File history File links AfghanFlag1980. ... This article is about Communist rule in Afghanistan (1978-1992), which is separate, although slightly so, from the Soviet war in Afghanistan. ... Nur Muhammad Taraki (1913? - 1979) was an Afghan political figure amateur poet, and publicly-notorious revolutionary. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Babrak Karmal (January 6, 1929 - December 3, 1996) was the third President of Afghanistan (1979 - 1986) during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ... Sultan Ali Keshtmand (b. ... Mohammad Hasan Sharq was an Afghan Politician, becoming Prime Minister of the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ... Sultan Ali Keshtmand (b. ... Fazal Haq Khaliqyar (1934 - July 2004), was an Afghan politician, that was briefly Prime Minister of the Soviet-backet Republic of Afghanistan He performed duties as State Minister of Finance during Mohammad Daud rule. ...

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar • Arsala Rahmani* • Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai* • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Image File history File links Flag_of_Afghanistan_1992_free. ... Afghanistan (Pashtu/Dari-Persian: Afğānistān افغانستان) is a country in Central Asia. ... Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani (born 1952) served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 6 July 1992 until 15 August 1992. ... Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1947 in Imam Saheb, Kunduz province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan warlord. ... Arsala Rahmani is a Afghan politician, that served as Prime Minister. ... Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai (born 1944) is an Afghan politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1995 to 1996. ... Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1947 in Imam Saheb, Kunduz province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan warlord. ...

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Muhammad Rabbani • Abdul Kabir* Image File history File links Flag_of_Taliban. ... The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was the name given the nation of Afghanistan by the Taliban during their rule, from 1996 to 2001. ... Mullah Mohammad Rabbani (1955/1956 - April 21, 2001) was one of the main founders of the Taliban movement. ... Maulavi Mohammed Abdul Kabir is a senior member of the Taliban leadership. ...

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Category: Afghan people

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Ahmad Zahir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (317 words)
	Ahmad Zahir (June 14, 1946 - June 14, 1979), was an Afghan musician.
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	He was the son of Abdul Zahir, a royal court doctor and a one-time prime minister.

washingtonpost.com: Pakistanis Cross Border With Ease to Join Taliban (1472 words)
	Zahir's story points to the difficult if not impossible task of stopping cross-border movement, given the depth of popular support for the Taliban in Pakistan and the ethnic homogeneity of the population that straddles the rugged, largely unmarked border.
	Zahir, a bearded, unassuming man in an embroidered prayer cap who is blind in one eye, agreed to be interviewed on condition that certain identifying details -- including his family name and that of his village -- be withheld.
	Zahir said he eventually had to return to Pakistan for the simple reason that he was hungry after more than a month of living on flatbread and occasional cups of yogurt milk.

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